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Adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs, are potentially traumatic events in childhood 0-17 years, such as neglect and experiencing or witnessing violence. ACEs include aspects of a child's environment that can undermine their sense of safety, stability, and bonding, such as living in a household with substance misuse or mental health problems.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is part of a growing network of leaders working to increase awareness and understanding of the impact of adverse childhood experiences ACEs and the need to develop effective innovative interventions. Learn more about ACEs and share the infographic below with others.

ACEs-based screening and referral is an increasingly common approach, in which individuals are given an ACE score based on a brief survey of their own personal history of ACEs. This can indicate a general, non-specific sense of increased risk based on population-level probabilities, but it cannot predict accurately how any one individual will fare.

ACEs assessed include physical abuse, sexual abuse, household violence, household substance abuse, mental illness in household, incarcerated household member, emotional neglect, and physical neglect. Monitoring the Future Study MTF MTF is an ongoing study of the behaviors, attitudes, and values of Americans from adolescence through adulthood

Infographic 10 Categories of ACEs. quotACEsquot such as abuse, neglect, and household challenges, and related events, such as discrimination, food insecurity, and community violence, thought to be risk factors for toxic stress. The PEARLS tool was made in the course of research under the auspices of the Children's Hospital Research

The ACE Study showed dramatic links between adverse childhood experiences and risky behavior, psychological issues, serious illness and the leading causes of death. The following charts compare how likely a person with1, 2, 3, or 4 ACEs will experience specified behaviors than a person without ACEs. Having an ACE score of zero

As the number of ACEs increases, so does the risk for negative health outcomes WHAT IMPACT DO ACEs HAVE? Possible Risk Outcomes Of 17,000 ACE study participants 36 16 9.5 12.4 have experienced 0 ACEs 2 ACEs 3 ACEs 4 ACEs 1 ACE 26 64 have at least 1 ACE 26.9 12.7 4.7 23.3 19.4 ABUSE Physical Abuse percentage of study participants

The Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University www.developingchild.harvard.edu offers infographics with key information on ACEs, Toxic Stress, and Epigenetics.These single page resources improve understanding of these foundational concepts and include helpful steps to making a difference.

This three-part infographic series highlights the results of ASTHO's 2019 ACEs capacity assessment tool ACECAT and shows how agencies prioritize primary prevention strategies, opportunities to improve selected partnerships to impact health equity, and utilize partnerships to increase ACEs prevention capacity.

ACEs can also have lasting, negative effects on health, 5 of the 10 leading causes of death are associated with ACEs. This infographic explores the lasting effect ACEs have on a person. It also offers methods for preventing ACEs through protective measures and solutions implemented early in life. Key approaches to reducing ACEs include